Chicken Marsala

I love a good Chicken Marsala.  There is nothing like that wood-fired chicken, seasoned to perfection, all topped off with a rich Marsala wine sauce.  It's making me hungry just talking about it, so enough!  On with the food!

Chicken Breasts rubbed in olive oil, seasoned and grilled over direct heat on the Yoder Pellet Grill

Grilled to perfection!  Check out those grill marks, courtesy of the Grill Grates product

All plated up with Marsala sauce, garlic mashed potatoes, and peas.  We like a few extra mushrooms in ours ;-)

And here's the recipe:

Marsala Sauce:

1/3 cup butter
2 slices prosciutto, diced
2 teaspoons minced shallots
2 teaspoons minced garlic
8 oz. fresh mushrooms, sliced
1/4 cup marsala wine
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 cup chicken stock
2 teaspoons corn starch
1 teaspoon minced fresh parsley
2 tablespoons heavy cream

Chicken Spice:
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon dried parsley
1/4 teaspoon marjoram
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
4 chicken breasts
olive oil

Melt butter over low heat in a medium saucepan.  Turn heat up to medium/high to saute the prosciutto in the melted butter for about 2 - 3 minutes (be careful not to burn butter), add shallots and garlic and saute for about 30 seconds. Add marsala wine, simmer for another 30 seconds or so, then add mushrooms and black pepper. Simmer over medium/high heat for 5 minutes or until the mushrooms are cooked down. Dissolve corn starch in chicken stock. Add stock to the saucepan and simmer for an additional 5 minutes. Add parsley and cream to the sauce and simmer for 3 - 4 minutes or until thick. Remove from heat, cover until needed. 

Set up your pellet grill for direct heat or preheat your gas/charcoal grill if that is your weapon of choice. Combine ingredients for the chicken spice in a small bowl. Use your thumb and fingers to crush the spices in the bowl to make a finer blend. Brush each chicken breast generously with olive oil. Rub on spices and grill until chicken is done. Top off the chicken with some Marsala sauce and you are in food heaven!